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children. Deceased was an old Pu
get Sound pioneer, and we'll and
favorably known.
DIVIDEND.
SAN FRANcIsco, Dee. 19-The Cen
tral Pacific Railway has declared a |
dividend of per cent; the first in |
four years.
SMALL POX.
Three new cases of smallpox have
been discovered. The victims are all
children.
LEGISLATIVE.
OLYMPIA, Dec I9.--The joinr reso-
luton to adjourn for the holidays,
from Dec. II TO Jan ,, passed.
The corporation committee pre-
scented Il substitute for the gross
earnings bill. 1t provides for the
taxation Of railroad property outside
of what is actually used in operating
the road. Property partly used is
considered not used In lieu of roll
ing stock aud other personal property
per cent. of the earnings for the
first year after the bill and per cent
thereafter.
A voluminous bill for the incorpor
alton of towns as villages WAS intro
duced by Mcmillan.
Council bill, Is, relating to issue of
execution; council bill y relating to
acknowledgements; council bill 20,
sale of property under adminIstra-
ton; council bill 30, relating to in
MEMORIES, passed the council
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
ST. JOINS, n. b., Dec. 19.-The fol
! lowing particulars have been received
regarding an accident on Saturday,
on the Canaquette railway in Glou-
cester county. The road is q branch
of the in.ercolonIGl line and has been
III operation Only Y week. The engine
of the accommodation train with f3
persons who accompanied, went for
ward with a snow plow to clear a
drift on the bridge. 1t had just been
reached when the plow left the rails
and the next instant both plow and
engine ran off the track and plunged
into the abyss, crushins through the
thin ice that covered the river. Out
of the thirteen who started, eight
were killed, another is dying and
three others were badly injured
SMITH -KILRAIS FIGHT 4 DRAW.
NEW YORK, Dec 19.-The Police
Gazette has a cablegram from YER
non, France which says the kilrain
Smith fight resulted in draw. One
hundred and six rounds were fought
lime two hours and twenty minutes
DISEASED CATTLE
BERLIN, Dec 19.-There is a wide
spread outbreak of cattle disease re-
ported in Poland This report is
regarded as a sure sign of large ar
rivals of the beasts from the interior
for military provisioning.
To BE DENIED
In pursuance of the report made
by military personage5 to the EN-
peror at the reception on Saturday, 4
refutation will be issued of the state
ment printed in St. Petersburg re-
S2rdIng the German military prepar
atIons.
THE CROWN PRINCE.
! The Freissenge Zeitung, in an arti.
Gle believed to have been Irompted
by Professor Virchow, says the
cicatrzotion in the Crown Princes
throat is a most favorable symptom
indicating that the affection is not
cancerous.
STOCK EXCHANGE.
LONDON, Dec 1S-On the stocl
exchange this morning foreign Sc
curities opened fiat, but at noon the
) tone had improved on reassuring ad,
vices from the continent.
COMMITTED On RULES.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The speaker
announced the appointment of a com
m:ttee on rules as follows: Speaker
Randall; Mills, Reid and Cannon.
APPOINTMENTS.
The president has appointed the
following postmasters. Mr.. Clarke
Nevada City: Thomas Farrell, Marys
Vile; Mary f. Borne, Grass Valley
Charles N. james, Baker City, Cali
fornia.
CREDIT DEMANDED.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, 19.-The minister
of war has demanded credit in order
TO purchase 100000 rifles.
REV. cARBERRY DEAD
LONDON, Dec 19-Right Rev. Jas.
j. Carberry, Catholic Bishop of the
diocese of Hamilton, is dead. Glad
stone has witten, declining interfer-
ence actively in the international
arbitration movement
ATTEMPTED THE CARS LIFE.
VIENNA, Dec. ia correspond
ence sheet published III this city as
serts that it has received cipher dis
patches stating that another attempt
has been make on the life of the
Gar, and that the Gar was wounded,
and revolutionary war has broken
out i'll st. Petersburg.
LARGE FIRE.
San FRANcIsco, Dec. 19.-Steamer
San Bias arrived from Panama this
morning with the following advices:
President Caerces, of Perez has finally
formed a cabinet. During the pro-
gress of fire at Jiiipa, which did
damage to the extent of 100000, two
women and a child We're burned to
death
THE EGYPTIAN MINISTER.
\. A, Denmark, Egyptian minister
to the United States, has arrived in
this city. He will leave for Wash
ington shortly.
DECLARED FORFEITED.
When the cases of John \ Benson
and others, indicted for perjury IN
connection with fraudulent govern
ment land surveys were called this
morning, Benson was not present and
his bond of S17,500 was declared for
feited. The cases went over until the
Goth.